Wolf (crater)

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Crater characteristics
Coordinates	22.7° S, 16.6° W
Diameter	25 km
Depth	None
Colongitude	17° at sunrise
Eponym	Maximillian F. J. C. Wolf

Wolf is a lunar crater that lies in the south-central part of the Mare Nubium, a lunar mare in the southern hemisphere of the Moon. It lies to the north-northwest of the Pitatus walled plain, and east-southeast of the prominent Bullialdus crater.

The interior floor of this crater has been completely flooded by lava, leaving only an irregular, broken rim projecting slightly above the surface. The surviving rim is not quite circular, having outward bulges to the north and west. It rises to a maximum height of about 0.7 km. The smaller crater 'Wolf B' has overlaid the southern rim, and the two have now merged into one formation. Low ridges connect to the exterior rim to the east and south.

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By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater mid-point that is closest to Wolf crater.

Wolf	Latitude	Longitude	Diameter
A	22.2° S	18.4° W	6 km
B	23.1° S	16.4° W	17 km
C	24.1° S	14.5° W	3 km
E	23.9° S	16.3° W	2 km
F	22.0° S	14.9° W	3 km
G	22.5° S	16.8° W	7 km
H	23.0° S	14.7° W	8 km
S	21.2° S	16.5° W	35 km
T	23.4° S	18.8° W	27 km

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